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This study investigates the metaphor of the wall in the Hebrew Bible as a complex theological and anthropological symbol, deeply rooted in the cultural framework of the ancient Near East. Walls are not merely defensive structures, but markers of sacred space, social identity, moral boundaries, and divine presence. Drawing on key biblical texts such as Joshua 6, Nehemiah 2-6, Isaiah 26, Ezekiel 13, and Zechariah 2, the paper explores how walls function both as instruments of divine protection and as expressions of ...

The study analyses the role of the Orthodox Church in raising public awareness and promoting community involvement in environmental issues in a global context marked by the ecological crisis. Methodology includes analyses of official Orthodox Church documents, interviews with religious leaders and case studies of local environmental projects. It examines the theological foundations of creation care and how these are concretised in educational, liturgical and social action. Initiatives such as reforestation, recycl...

This article reconstructs the concept of rationality within the context of postwar experience, where the subject faces epistemic injustice, moral instability, and hermeneutic exclusion. It critically examines the limitations of instrumental and procedural models of rationality under conditions of disrupted norms and fragmented meaning, and proposes an alternative framework — axiological rationality — grounded in the subject’s internal moral discernment rather than external normative systems. The study draws ...

This study examines the theme of silence in the Hebrew canonical texts, understood as a rupture in communication between God and humanity, manifested both as divine silence and human inability to hear. Beginning with the Genesis narrative, the acquisition of the “knowledge of good and evil” triggers shame, fear, and exile from Paradise, marking the onset of God’s silence. The research critically analyzes key biblical passages highlighting this dialectic of unheard voices: the silent God and the suffering, un...

The study is a Christian theological analysis of environmental protection issues, emphasising the notion of the spirit of communion (???????a) and man's responsibility towards nature. Orthodox tradition has the capacity to propose its own approach to the relationship between man and the environment. Orthodox theology can contribute to the contemporary dialogue on sustainability and environmental protection by proposing an understanding of man's spiritual responsibility towards nature – God's gift – and how thi...